The fire line
Subtitle: the story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and one of the deadliest days in American firefighting
By: Fernanda Santos
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781250054029
Subjects: Wildfires; Wildfire fighters; Granite Mountain Hotshots (Wildfire fighters)
Description: "Draws on hundreds of hours of interviews with family members, colleagues, historians and other insiders to trace the stories and heroic sacrifices of the elite Granite Mountain Hotshots who gave their lives fighting the catastrophic 2013 wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona,"--NoveList.

When a bolt of lightning ignited a hilltop in the sleepy town of Yarnell, Arizona, in June 2013, setting off a blaze that would grow into one of the deadliest fires in American history, the twenty men who made up the Granite Mountain Hotshots sprang into action. An elite crew trained to combat the most challenging wildfires, the Granite Mountain Hotshots were a ragtag family, crisscrossing the American West and wherever else the fires took them. The Hotshots were loyal to one another and dedicated to the tough job they had. We see this band of brothers at work, at play and at home, until a fire that burned in their own backyards leads to a national tragedy. Impeccably researched, drawing upon more than a hundred hours of interviews with the firefighters' families, colleagues, state and federal officials, and fire historians and researchers, journalist Fernanda Santos has written a riveting narrative of an unthinkable disaster, a remarkable group of men, and the raging wildfires that threaten our country's treasured wild lands.--Adapted from dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: The guys; title: Saving a tree; title: A bolt of lightning; title: Calculating risk; title: A sleeping fire awakens; title: Promises and goodbyes; title: A treacherous combination; title: Trouble in the sky; title: Change in the winds; title: No answer; title: Gone; title: Two thousand degrees; title: Coming home; title: "We take care of our own"; title: An end, and new beginnings.